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The Most Challenging Part of Becoming a Freelance Developer.

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Instead of being able to justify a somewhat fixed salaried workday, you find yourself working longer and longer hours as client demands increase. In addition, freelance development requires a lot more mental energy than being a salaried employee. September 29th, 2009 | Software Development Building your startup?

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Finding a Technical Cofounder

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Active software engineers probably get two offers a month or more. I was able to hire phenomenal software engineers and grow a strong team culture. Although most aren’t in a place to be startup cofounders for financial reasons, I now have access to a large talent pool once I can offer a salary.

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Building a sweat equity team

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(Not logged on) | Register | Log On Home Discuss Jobs About The Business of Software A community discussing the business of software, from the smallest shareware operation to Microsoft. A part of Joel on Software. An employee is normally paid a salary or wages. This community works best when people use their real names.

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Why Startups Fail - 20 Top Reasons Gleaned from 32 Startup Failure Post-Mortems

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By way of crude example, if your building innovative trading software for Wall Street, be where you customers are and where you can best network. created a vastly higher cost structure; I had 80 people mostly on base salaries under $100,000 and was bringing in revenue at the rate of $20 million annually. During this year they.